FORCES is a national network of organisations and individuals concerned with issues relating to women working in the unorganised sector and care of their children.

It came into being on 17 January 1989 following the recommendations of the Shram Shakti Report brought out by the National Commission of Self Employed Women and Women in the Informal Sector. Though founded to act as a pressure group, the network is committed to the survival and development of the young child (0-6 years) and women working in the informal sector.


CONVENOR

FORCES is an informal network and not a registered body and therefore have no membership fee. The voluntary nature of the network gives no tangible benefits to members but a sense of belonging and working together on certain issues. 

There are two main decision-making bodies - the Policy Committee and the National Steering Committee both of which provide direction
to the National Secretariat. The Convenor organisation plays a

Undoing our Future:    Summary of the Report on    the Status of the Young    Child in India

IMPORTANT WEBSITES
www.planindia.org
www.savethechildren.in
www.unicef.in